Haswell Islands
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Haswell Islands are a group of rocky coastal islands lying off Mabus Point
and extending about 1.5 mi seaward. Charted by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition
(AAE) under Douglas Mawson
(1911-14), who applied the name Rookery Islands because of a large emperor penguin
rookery
on Haswell Island
, the largest and seaward island in the group. ANCA
proposed in 1955 that the name Haswell be extended to the entire group.
Mabus Point
Mabus Point is a cape on the Antarctic coast lying just south of Haswell Islands, marking the east limit of McDonald Bay. It was first charted by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition , 1911-14, under Douglas Mawson, and recharted by G.D. Blodgett in 1955 from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy...
and extending about 1.5 mi seaward. Charted by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition
Australasian Antarctic Expedition
The Australasian Antarctic Expedition was an Australasian scientific team that explored part of Antarctica between 1911 and 1914. It was led by the Australian geologist Douglas Mawson, who was knighted for his achievements in leading the expedition. In 1910 he began to plan an expedition to chart...
(AAE) under Douglas Mawson
Douglas Mawson
Sir Douglas Mawson, OBE, FRS, FAA was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and Academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton, Mawson was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.-Early work:He was appointed geologist to an...
(1911-14), who applied the name Rookery Islands because of a large emperor penguin
Emperor Penguin
The Emperor Penguin is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is endemic to Antarctica. The male and female are similar in plumage and size, reaching in height and weighing anywhere from . The dorsal side and head are black and sharply delineated from the white belly,...
rookery
Rookery
A rookery is a colony of breeding animals, generally birds. A rook is a Northern European and Central Asian member of the crow family, which nest in prominent colonies at the tops of trees. The term is applied to the nesting place of birds, such as crows and rooks, the source of the term...
on Haswell Island
Haswell Island
Haswell Island is the largest of the Haswell Islands, lying off the coast of Antarctica, about 1.5 nautical miles north of Mabus Point. Discovered by the Western Base Party of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911–14, under Mawson, and named by him for Professor William A...
, the largest and seaward island in the group. ANCA
ANCA
ANCA Pty Ltd is an Australia company which designs and manufactures CNC grinding machines. The company was founded in 1974 by Pat Boland and Pat McCluskey in Melbourne, Australia....
proposed in 1955 that the name Haswell be extended to the entire group.
See also
- Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
- Holme BayHolme BayHolme Bay is a bay in Antarctica by Mac. Robertson Land, wide, containing many islands, indenting the coast north of the Framnes Mountains. Holme Bay is largely snow-free and was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition in January-February...
- List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
- SCARScientific Committee on Antarctic ResearchThe Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research is an interdisciplinary body of the International Council for Science . It was established in February 1958 to continue the international coordination of Antarctic scientific activities that had begun during the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58...
- Territorial claims in Antarctica